That night, several leading royal priests gathered all the geniuses in front of the bonfire.
"I will only say the following words once."
A royal priest with white eyebrows glanced at the people in front of him and said coldly: "The barbarian land is within reach. After each of you enter, you must not have any mercy on the barbarians. Once you find any trace of the barbarians, you must kill them all. This is the first thing!"
"Secondly, after killing the barbarians, you must put their heads into the Sumeru Rings given to you. Otherwise... words are not enough, you should understand!"
"Third, don't go too deep into the barbarian land. The enemies there are not something you can handle, especially... the Savage River Basin! There are all kinds of people there. It's located at the border of our Great Zhou, Zhao and the barbarians. It's a completely disorderly and chaotic place. Once you enter, young people like you will be devoured without leaving even a bone! Also, there are many dangerous places in the barbarian land. Don't enter lightly, otherwise you will bear the consequences! As for the topographic map, I think you all already have it..."
The royal family priest said this, and then he put out another stone tablet, clapped it, and said: "This time we have annihilated the barbarians, and your names will go down in history. After you return, you can enter the list based on the number of barbarians you killed. I hope that everyone of you... will be on the list!"
After these words fell, all the geniuses who followed the team to the Savage Land immediately became excited, and only a few people just narrowed their eyes...
Then the royal family priest continued, "In addition, I have a few suggestions for you. I will only say these words once. It is up to you whether you listen or not."
After a pause, he said slowly: "One person can only kill a limited number of barbarians. Don't be so arrogant that you fall into the enemy's camp alone. That is courting death! Therefore, it is safer to either form a team or go to the barbarian land to raise a team... If you reach 500 soldiers, you can come to me to get a title. The leader of the team with a title will have bonuses on all battle records."
"If you have enough combat experience and the number of members exceeds a thousand, and you pass the review, you can change your title to 'title' and go down in history!"
"This is also to train your ability to lead the army... You must know that the power of one person is limited after all. The reason why our Great Zhou is the best in the vast land of China is not because of a few powerful cultivators, but because of the invincible military spirit of our Great Zhou! Even if they are great cultivators, they have been killed by our Great Zhou soldiers one after another. Isn't it enough?"
"Don't think that one person can conquer the world. Once you are on the battlefield, you will understand what I said today..."
Having said that, the old priest waved his hand.
"Okay, that's all I have to say."
"Rest well tonight, and head to the barbarian land tomorrow morning! Life and death, wealth and honor, all are up to fate!"
After these words were spoken, everyone agreed in unison and returned to the camp to rest...
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late at night.
In Chu Tianxiao's gorgeous tent.
The lights flickered, Chu Tianxiao played with an old dark ring, facing the firelight, a beautiful figure vaguely emerged in his mind...
"Liuling... You should have arrived by now..."
He murmured, inevitably with a hint of melancholy in his voice, then he closed his eyes and slowly tightened his grip on the ring...
This action lasted for a moment, and he opened his eyes again. There was no more disappointment in his eyes, and his mind was firm again...
At this moment, something strange happened!
Then a vortex-like white light appeared on the dark ring, which slowly spread out, and then with a whoosh, it shook Chu Tianxiao's hand away and floated into the air...
A faint figure appeared in the smoke, it was the classic image of an old man - a sage with a solemn appearance, a head of white hair down to his waist, but a youthful face, and a mysterious aura floating around his body...
Seeing the old man suddenly appear, if it were an ordinary person, he would have knelt down to pay homage to the immortal. However, Chu Tianxiao already knew the old man's background. Although he was a little surprised by his sudden awakening and appearance, no matter how hard Sun Wukong turned, could he get out of the palm of Buddha
"I was wondering who it was... Turns out it's you!" When the old man opened his eyes and saw Chu Tianxiao, he was stunned at first, and then a trace of panic appeared on his face, but soon his eyes narrowed and a strange fire appeared in them, like a thief seeing treasure, and he actually sneered at Chu Tianxiao, and what he said made Chu Tianxiao dumbfounded!
"Well, well, well! It seems that there is indeed a destiny between us. I will not hold it against you in the past. Now you kneel down and kowtow to me three times respectfully. That will be considered as the ceremony of becoming your disciple!"
"Hehe, don't think I'm taking advantage of you. You should know that even if you are a child of destiny, you still need a respected teacher to teach you in order to achieve success! It has always been like this since ancient times! Without me, you can't achieve anything great!"
"What? Why don't you kneel down and pay homage to the teacher?"
Chu Tianxiao was stunned when he heard this, but he came back to his senses in an instant, looked at the old man, and said after a long while: "... Why don't you ask how your disciple Qin Yun is doing now?"
The old man sneered when he heard this: "Since the ring has fallen into your hands, is there any need to say anything about that idiot? He must be dead!"
"Don't talk about him! Let's talk about you... Tsk tsk, Chu Tianxiao, I didn't realize it before, but now I see that you are so talented. No wonder you were able to defeat me one after another... Well, you have a good brain, too. As long as you get rid of that wasteful habit, you will definitely achieve great things!"
As he spoke, his eyes became brighter and brighter, with an extremely excited glow: "Not bad! Not bad! As long as you follow me, we can work together as master and disciple, and you will be the strongest person in the vast land of China... No, in the entire world! The cause of kingship and hegemony will begin from tonight..."
After saying this, Chu Tianxiao raised two fingers and said, "Two questions. First, although you have appeared, I think you don't have much fighting power now? Otherwise, you wouldn't be talking nonsense here, but would just attack directly, right? Well... that's right, after all, you only absorbed the soul attack of Mu Xin once during the Forbidden Night, and the evil spirit you inhaled when you were underground... I think it can be used by you barely, but it will cause 'weakness'?"
After saying this, the old man's face twitched and his expression gradually turned cold, but he said, "So what? Are you going to harm me again?"
Hearing this, Chu Tianxiao smiled faintly: "This is the second question... You don't seem to understand your current situation... Qin Yun is dead, and you are in my hands. With so many conflicts between us before, why do you think I won't harm you?"
"You're the one who doesn't understand the situation!"
The old man looked at Chu Tianxiao and sneered, his voice full of sarcasm: "Chu Tianxiao, stop pretending! Qin Yun is blessed with luck, but you can defeat him, even kill him! This shows that you are definitely not simple, and you may even... You are the real Son of Heaven! So how could you be against me? With my knowledge and your wit, you can dominate the world! Don't you want all that? Don't play this trick of playing hard to get! Don't you have a heart at all? Ridiculous! You are the Son of Heaven!"
"I'll say it again! Why don't you kneel down and pay homage to the teacher?"
After these words fell, Chu Tianxiao had only one thought...
"Has this old man fooled so many people that he has fooled himself?"